By Nick Patch, Director of Maritime Programs On Saturday, September 30, 2023, 85 youth rowers gathered at Perkins Pier on the Burlington waterfront to participate in Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s …
Racing through sun and history at the James Wakefield Rescue Row Read More »
By Nick Patch, Director of Maritime Programs On Saturday June 25, we were honored to once again work with Project Hoeppner as they presented the 4th annual Hope for TomorRow here …
On Saturday June 5, we welcomed 84 rowers from eight regional school teams back to the Museum to participate in the Spring Wave, the annual spring race for our youth rowing league, …
High spirits and warm weather at the Spring Wave 2021 Read More »
By Nick Patch, Champlain Longboats Director This spring has been a spring like no other and it has impacted us all in so many ways. It is certainly not what …
A Salute to our Graduating High School Senior Rowers Read More »
By Nick Patch, Champlain Longboats Director As you’ve probably been following our updates, the Museum’s boat shop team has been finding creative ways to continue our boat shop work from …
Working from Home: Boat Shop Volunteers Are Keeping Busy! Read More »
How does the boat shop work from home? During these unprecedented times our boat shop staff have found creative ways to continue our work at home, and right now it …
By Nick Patch, Champlain Longboats Director Since January we’ve been sharing weekly updates on our Champlain Longboats student boat building program as students from Middlebury and Vergennes learn how to …
By Nick Patch, Champlain Longboats Director Big news from the boat shop: this week students from Vergennes Middle and High School along with teachers and museum staff celebrated the installation …
What is a Whiskey Plank? Updates from the Boat Shop Read More »
By Nick Patch, Champlain Longboats Director This past November, the Museum’s Champlain Longboats program embarked on an exciting new initiative with Two Roads Academy, a privately operated alternative education program …
Building Kayaks for Adventure with Two Roads Academy Read More »
By Nick Patch, Champlain Longboats Director In addition to our ongoing student boat building work in the boat shop, our students, staff, and volunteers have been busy repairing other boats …
What is old is new again: Repair work for Osprey Read More »
